Helmet-hood.



G. 0. SANBORN.

HELMET HOOD.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. I7, IsIs.

GEORGE O. SANBORN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HELMET-HOOD.

Application filed October 17, 1916.

To all whom t may concern: l

Be it known that I, Grenen O. SANBORN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles. in the county7 of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, .have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHelmet-Hoods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to head coverings which are so constructed as tobe adapted to completely cover all parts of the head and neck of thewearer except the eyes and mouth, or to be worn as a cap resting on thecrown of the head.

According to my invention I make the hood of a fabric which may beeasily collapsed, folded or unfolded and extended, preferably employinggoods made from woolen yarn and so knit as to provide a suitably shapedportion for the crown of the head, a relatively narrow portion for theneck and a thickened portion for covering the ears and the back of thehead of the wearer.

These parts above described may be produced in the process of knittingand during said process an opening is left in the goods forl that partof the face where the eyes, nose and mouth are located. The hood thusknitted is tubular and is closed during the knitting at that end whichis to cover the crown of the head while the bottom of the neck portionis left open and an opening is left in the face portion as above stated.In order to protect the nose and those parts of the face at the top ofthe nose between the eyes and beneath the eyes I insert a triangularpiece of goods in the face opening and attach the three arms of thisinserted piece to the hood in such manner as to leave openings for themouth and eyes and afford ventilation for the nostrils through 4themouth opening. The inserted piece is also preferably made of knit goodsand may be stretched or collapsed to cover more or less of the face.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l shows a front elevation of a helmet hood embodying myimprovements.

Fig. 2 shows a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view on an enlarged scale and in section showing how thehood may be thickcned to afford additional. protection and walnth forthe ears and the back ofthe hea l Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

Serial No. 126,141.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing how the hood is worn for protectionin cold or stormy weather.

Fig.t 5 shows how it may be folded and worn as a cap.

The hood is preferably made by woolen yarn to produce a knit goods whichis stretchable and collapsible, and which may be readily folded andunfolded. The knitting process is so conducted as to provide a tubulararticle A. of the kind shown in F igs. 1 and 2, which is open at itslower end a, closed at its upper end a', and provided with a frontopening a2. The middle portion of the hood is thickened as indicated atas for the purpose of more fully protecting the ears and the back of thehead of the wearer, and the lower part of the hood is narrowed in orderto closely fit under the chin and around the neck of the wearer.

The thickened part c3 may be produced by introducing' an additionalthread or additional threads during the knitting process and I may alsofurther reinforce the hood by attaching to it a piece of goods I maythicken the goods during the knitting process and then apply thematerial w, or I may omit the material or I may dispense with theknitted thickening and use only the material rlhe front opening a2 isrectangular and if left entirely openwould expose to an undue eXtent thenose of the wearer and that part of the face between and below the eyes.To avoid this I insert in said opening a triangular piece of material Bwhich is also preferably made of knitted goods. Said inserted piece isso formed as to cover all parts of the nose and that part of the facebetween the eyes and immediately below them.

The part B is attached to the margin or border of the opening a2, at Z2,Z9', b2. In this way the eye and mouth openings C and D are provided.

Inasmuch as the piece B is made of stretchable and collapsible materialit may be made to cover the nose and leave free `openings for the eyesand mouth, as shown in Fig. et, or it may be reduced in size asindicated in Fig. 1, and furthermore the material of the body of thehood beneath the mouth and eye openings may be drawn into these openingsto assist in reducing their size.

The hood when worn in the manner shown in Fig. 4; affords completeprotection from the cold to all sensitive parts o1 the head and neck,and the lower part of the hood may be drawn well down on the chest andupper part of the back. Vf hen desired the hood may be folded in themanner shown in Fig. 5 and worn as a' cap.

I'claim as my invention:

l. A helmet hood comprising a crown portion at the top, a neck p ortionhaving a bottom opening, a middle portion having` a front opening forrthe eyes and mouth, .and an inserted piece for covering the nose andthat part of the face between and below the eyes and which is attachedto the margin of the front opening above and between the eye openingsand on opposite sides of and below said eye openin gs but above themouth Opening.

van inserted piece for covering the nose and that part of the facebetween and below the eyes and which is attached to the margin of thefront opening above and between the eye openings and onv opposite sidesof and below said eye openings but above the mouth opening.

3. A helmet hood made of knit goods comprising a crown portion, anarrowed neck portion, a thickened middle portion having a iii-cntopening, and an inserted piece of knit goods 'for covering the nose andthat part of the face between and below the eyes and which is attachedto the margin of the opening above and between the eye openings and onopposite sides of and below said eye openings, said inserted piece andsaid middle portions around the -lace opening being adapted to bestretched or collapsed in such manner as to vary the size of the eye andmouth openings.

In testimony whereof have hereunto subscribed my name.

GEORGE O. SANBORN.

Vitnesses:

JOSEPH CONROY, HENRY E. SToRRs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

